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Old 16th February 2006 | 02:13
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The only turbo-props I've flown in lately have been an Embraer 120 and a Dash 8, both had APUs (and started from them.) A battery start is avoided on the Dash, they use ground power or the APU as a preference.

Obviously smaller turbo-props such as a Kingair or similar wouldn't have an APU for weight and practicality reasons.
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